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Here are a few pictures from our weekly Thursday night knife night.Also picture of the new disc grinder I got with Rod Neilsen removeable disk set-up. Jim

I just went out to the shop and ground the biggest block I had right past the center and I am getting full penetration through the middle. I sanded it down to 1000 grit and put 1 coat of boiled linseed oil on it. Looks really good. Jim

"ORANGE CRUSH" it is. Thanks to Dana Hackney.

James No I havn't done that yet. These were just sanded to 36 grit and lightly rubbed with boiled linseed oil. They were "VERY" pink before I oiled them. I thought for a while that I had some handle material for women knives only. Very happy to see them darken up with oil. Jim

I can't do big batches at once but I will sell what I have so far, as I will/can do some more. Jim

I've been dyeing some of the maple before I stabilize it and just thought I would get your thoughts on it. The first time I dyed the wood I put it in a vessel with the dye and pulled vaccuum for 3 days then hit it with pressure for 3 days. I then took it out and let it dry for 7 days in my...

I actually had my draftsman put it on paper. I made some minor changes but the basics are on paper. Jim

Paint Finally got some paint on the presses. They were supposed to be Dark Grey with Orange cylinders but there was no room in paint bay while they were painting grey. We had lots of room when we were painting orange, so orange they are. Jim

I dont know much about the coote grinder, but another grinder to look at is the Wilmont grinder. Chris is a really good guy that designed and builds these grinders. He is very easy to get a hold of and very reasonably price grinder. I have 3 differnt grinders in my shop 1-kmg, wilton and the...

I will be hosting a Hammer-In at my place this coming June 17,18 &19. Attached is a copy of the registration Form.

To mount the cylinder. I made 2 flange plates and welded 1 to the end of the cylinder and one to a piece of square tubing that is welded to the bottom frame. They are then bolted together. The ram has a hole drilled into it and the table that moves up and down has a piece of pipe with hole...

Little more done today on press.

more headway Got a bit more done on the presses. I built a bunch of dies for it and deciding on how to store the dies on the side of the press. Hope to have the valve an air control installed this weekend. I have been wondering what kind of power unit I will build to run this unit. I have a...

press I haven't had much time to work on the press since we are back to work now. I did get my parts for cylinder stiffener water jetted out and I just bolted them up this afternoon so see what they looked like. Looks like there will be very little play side to side or front to back. Should...

Hello I will be hosting the Southern Alberta Hammer-In this coming June 17-19. I have 3 demonstrators confirmed for this event so far. Ed Caffrey M.S. J.Neilson M.S. Steve Kelly J.S. I am going to try and get 1 more so each demonstrator will have a bit of a break. Once I get all the...

cylinder and mounting bracket Here is a pic of the cylinder with rod extended and also a pic of the cylinder mounting bracket. Just going to pop out for a Tim's, as they were not open at 5:00 this morning. Jim

forging press I managed to get all the major welding done today. Can't believe how much weld I poured into this thing. I also got the pieces ready to mount the cylinder. I will get the cylinder mounted tomorrow and then have to wait for some water jet parts that I will use to keep the cylinder...

Couple more pics of today's progress. I got the man frame all welded out and tacked on a piece of 3/4" x 8" flat bar on the top and bottom of frame. I also tacked a piece of 1/2" x 6" flat bar on edge on the top for added strength and also gives me a lifting point. I also showing a few...

This mornings progress I took a few pics from what I got done this morning. I tacked a few cross braces on it to keep it square while welding. Jim

Those flanges are 150 lb. I pull as much vacuum as possible here, which is about 27.5". Once I'm done pulling vacuum(approx 1-2 weeks) I will hit it with about 400-500lbs of pressure for 1-2 weeks as well. (just to make sure the juice is completely through the wood). The engineers from the place...